Merchapori
Sissiborgaon block · Dhemaji
district, Assam · PIN 787110
· village code 289006
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 461 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 235 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
461
Male / female
218 / 243
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,115
Children aged 0–6
99
Literacy rate
41.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2 / 440
Working population
211
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.3%
Households
69
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
34
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
41
Non-farm households
6
Share of households farming, 2020
87%
Net sown area
700 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
700 / 300 / 200
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Madhaya Sissitangani panchayat, Simen Sissitongani zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹58.75 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹22.17 lakh
Received directly
₹18.51 lakh
Spent
₹30.18 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹69.26 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.90 lakh · received ₹8.87 lakh · spent ₹20.32 lakh · left ₹1.66 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹50.86 lakh · received ₹13.30 lakh · spent ₹9.86 lakh · left ₹67.60 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.4414, 94.6701 —
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population changes in Dhemaji district ·
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staffing across Dhemaji ·
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